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Quinter/Gove County pulls second miracle
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GOVE COUNTY 8, COLBY 5 (G7) – Quinter/Gove County had Colby right where they wanted them, down 5-0. Sure enough, Gove County scored eight consecutive runs for a shocking 8-5 comeback victory over Colby. 

None of the Gove County players competed in high school baseball.

Gove County's 7-run seventh inning was identical to a 10-run seventh-inning rally against Norton. Singles by Vollbrecht and Andre Vaughn started the inning against Colby pitcher Brayden Foss. Vollbracht scored on Parker Reling's single. Corbin Bockwinkle drew a walk after stretching an at-bat. Vaughn scored on Bradley Riedel's single. Keaton Harvey was hit by a pitch on a 2-strike count. Reling scored on a balk. Lakin Getz's topped single scored Bockwinkle for a 5-5 tie. 

Mathew Elder's topped single to shortstop scored Riedel for a 6-5 lead. Vollbracht's single scored Harvey and Getz for an 8-5 lead off reliever Marcus Singer.

GOVE COUNTY 14, NORTON 13 (G1) – Gove County scored 10 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a shocking 14-13 victory over Norton after trailing 12-1. Lakin Getz and Bradley Riedel delivered 2-run hits and Corbin Bockwinkel hit an RBI single. Nathan Vollbracht scored on a bases-loaded walk after Matthew Beyers drew a walk after an 0-2 count. Bockwinkel scored the winning run. 

Gove Co. 000 001 7 — 8 11 3

Colby 202 010 0 — 5 9 2

Reidel, Bockwinkle (6) and Elder. Foss, Singer (7) and Barton. W—Bockwinkle. L—Foss. 2B—C—Max Kinderknecht.

AA ZONE

COLBY (1  qualifier)—7-20—G1—Gove County 14, Norton 13; G2—Larned 13, Ness City 3; G3—Larned 11, Colby 0; 7-21—G4—Norton def. Ness City; G5— Colby 4, Norton 3; G6—Larned 16, vs. Gove County 2; 7-22—G7—Gove County 8, Colby 5; G8—Larned  17, Gove County 0